Classes

Classes to suit a range of

budgets and skills

Call or email us to book

your place

All classes and workshops are held in our shop at 1 The Old Orchard, Pot House Hamlet, Silkstone, Barnsley, S75 4JU.

To book your place, please either give us a call or an email to arrange payment. The full cost of the class is required at the time of booking, which is non-refundable if you cancel your place within 30 days before the class. If cancelling before 30 days prior, 50% is refundable. Swapping dates is only possible 30 days prior to the class booked on, otherwise the full cost will be due again.

In the unlikely event that a class is cancelled you will be refunded in full.

We also provide gift vouchers, please contact us for more details.

Please note: the skills learnt at any of the classes are intended for your own personal use and should not be replicated and taught to other students.

Basic Techniques

£110 – 10am to 5pm (7″ real cake)

2019

Sunday29th September (1 space left)

Saturday 9th November (fully booked)

Want to feel more confident about decorating cakes for family and friends? Come along to our 1-day cake decorating class and learn all the basics, plus the professionals’ tips and tricks!

You will decorate and take home a single-tier tea party-style celebration cake (as shown), covering the following skills:

masking with buttercream

using Massa Ticino sugar paste to get perfect sharp edges

embossing

using cutters

making a large sugar paste bow and other decoration

piping with royal icing

making a simple rose

Skill level: easy/moderate/patience required

What you need to bring: a packed lunch

Sharp Edges Workshop

£90 – 10am – 4pm (8″ real cake, 6″ dummy tier)

2019

Saturday 26th October (fully booked)

Sunday 27th October (1 space left)

If you’re struggling to get smooth sides on your cakes, and want to get in on the secret of sharp edges then here is the class for you!

You will decorate and take home a two-tier cake (as shown), covering the following skills:

Make and use chocolate ganache to create a base for your sharp edges

Use Massa Ticino sugar paste to cover a real cake, a 6″ dummy tier and a board with sugar paste

Use royal icing to stack 2 tiers

Learn how to properly dowel your tiers

Add finishing touches with ribbon

Skill level: easy/moderate/patience required

What you need to bring: a packed lunch

1010French Macarons

£50 – 3 hours

2019

Sunday 6th October 10am – 1pm (fully booked)

Tuesday 22nd October 6pm – 9pm (3 spaces left)

Saturday 16th November 10am – 1pm(fully booked)

Ever fancied having a go at making these infamous little French delicacies? Their reputation for being tricky to make is well-earned, but at Joanna Rose Cakes we can take you through the process step-by-step, from making a glossy Italian meringue, piping perfect macaron rounds, and filling them with delicious ganaches. You’ll get to take home at least a dozen macarons in 3 different flavours.

Skill level: easy/moderate/patience required

What you need to bring: nothing!

Chocolates & Drip Cake

£110 – 10am – 4pm (6″ real cake)

2019

Sunday 17th November (fully booked)

Saturday 30th November (fully booked)

In this workshop we will cover a range of skills to be able to make your own ‘drip’ cakes with your own handmade chocolates. You will learn how to mask a a 6″ chocolate fudge cake in your choice of coloured buttercream, make ganache and learn the timings for the perfect drip, then learn how to temper chocolate and make hand dipped truffles and shards, which you will then use to decorate your cake.

Skills covered includes:

Masking with buttercream

Making two types of ganache

Timing of ganache for ‘drips’ and extra piped decoration

How to temper chocolate

Piping, capping and dipping ganache filled chocolate truffles

Making chocolate shards

Using your chocolate to decorate

Skill level: easy/moderate/patience required

What you need to bring: a packed lunch

Vintage Cupcakes

£40 – 10am – 12.30pm

2019

Saturday 5th October (fully booked)

This is a relaxed and informal class, from which you will be able to take home 6 beautifully decorated vintage-style cupcakes.

In this class we will cover the following skills:

Learn to pipe and ice a cupcake with buttercream

Icing a cupcake with sugar paste

Using different types of cutters

Making sugar flowers

Embossing sugar paste

Skill level: easy/moderate/patience required

What you need to bring: nothing!

Modern Sugar Flowers

£110 – 10am to 5pm

2019

Sunday 3rd November (fully booked)

You will be provided with a pre-covered 6″ dummy cake and make a range of sugar flowers to decorate (as shown), covering the following skills:

Using a range of cutters

Practise frilling using two methods

Making wired flowers

Using stamens

Forming and shaping petals

Using florist tape and edible glue

Learning how to attach and display your flowers

Flowers included: roses, closed peony, rose leaves, freesia, berries

Skill level: easy/moderate/patience required

What you need to bring: a packed lunch

Christmas Baubles

£40 – 3 hours

2019

Wednesday 4th December 6pm – 9pm (2 spaces left)

Saturday 7th December 10am – 1pm (4 spaces left)

Saturday 14th December 10am – 1pm (5 spaces left)

Sunday 15th December 10am – 1pm (4 spaces left)

Learn how to cover a spherical cake in marzipan and sugar paste and decorate it to look like a beautiful Christmas bauble. You’ll get two sphere fruit cakes so you can try out 2 different Christmassy designs – keep them to admire or give them as Christmas presents!